Job Description

Organizational Overview:

Global Health Labs, Inc (GH Labs) innovates to reduce health disparities, especially in low-and middle-income countries. As a nonprofit corporation fully funded by Gates Ventures (the private office of Bill Gates), we partner with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and other cross-sector leaders to develop technology solutions that address unmet needs in:

• Diagnostics.
• Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health.
• Primary Healthcare Tools and Equipment.
  
  

Recent innovations from GH Labs resulted in several commercially available rapid COVID-19 antigen tests, an AI-enabled smartphone app to detect cervical cancer, and a portable cold chain device that enables vaccine delivery to remote communities, among many other tools and technologies advanced for the people who need them most.

About the Job:

Internships typically start in June and run through August/September.

Global Health Labs is seeking an undergraduate or early graduate Summer Intern to work with the Engineering & Software team to collect and display augmented reality datasets in service of GH Labs' mission.

Role Summary:

The Augmented Reality (AR) Intern will develop a system to collect and display augmented reality datasets from GH Lab's clinical site visits. Additionally, as a member of the Engineering & Software team, the Augmented Reality Intern will create a kit for travelers to take on clinical site visits and develop a process to place collected images into a knowledge management system. By the end of the internship an end-to-end demo will be performed in the lab, collecting, storing and displaying a complete AR dataset.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

The Augmented Reality Intern will:

• Investigate hardware and software platforms for acquiring Spatial Video/3D photographic datasets
• Set-up a software process to acquire and display Spatial Video/3D photographic datasets
• Develop process to place collected images into knowledge management system, including date, location, metadata
• Setup kit for travelers to take with them, including a polished set of instructions
• Create a demo for the lab ("virtual biolab" or similar)
  
  

Required Skills and Experience:

• Currently enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate program in computer science, engineering (mechanical, electrical, computer) or related fields.
• Required: Experience in computer programming (any language).
• Desired: Experience with AR Kit, AR Core, 3D mesh tools, python, image processing, photography.
• Organized and skilled at documenting work for the benefit of others.
• Worked successfully in collaborative team environments to support overall team goals.
  
  

Required Competencies:

GH Labs Success Factors: We believe there are a few prioritized key capabilities and behaviors that are critical to success for all roles at GH Labs. They are:

• Demonstrates Collaboration: actively listens and works with others openly and transparently to create an environment where diverse viewpoints are valued, and information is shared for the purposes of solving problems and achieving collective goals. Seeks collaborative solutions as the best path to sustainable change.
• Accelerates Impact: takes risks, proves/disproves concepts quickly and with a growth mindset, solves creatively, and partners strategically to achieve results and deliver impact on GH Labs mission.
• Promotes Accountability: holds self and others accountable so that success is celebrated, and failure is understood and addressed.
• Establishes Trust: interacts, shares, and receives information and feedback in a way that builds trust and gains the confidence of others.
  
  

Role-Specific Success Factors:

• Communicates Effectively: develops and delivers multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences, including an ability to influence across boundaries (levels, roles, cultures).
• Cultivates Innovation: creates new and better ways for the organization to be successful.
• Effective Technology Skills: is proficient in Outlook, Teams, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint, OneNote, etc.
• Global Perspective: takes a broad view when approaching issues, using a global lens and accounting for cultural sensitivities.
• Nimble Learner: actively learns through experimentation when tackling new challenges, using both successes and failures as learning fodder.
  
  

Pay & Benefits:

GH Labs is committed to paying employees equitably for substantially similar work. A reasonable estimate of the current salary range for this position is $25.00/hr. to $40.00/hr. Intern hourly rates are determined by current level of education.

Equal Opportunity Statement:

GH Labs is committed to being an inclusive, equitable and positive workplace, where all employees thrive personally and professionally.

We believe our workforce should reflect the rich diversity of the global populations we work to serve.

We also believe in the research that demonstrates diverse groups – including groups diverse in experience and opinion – are more innovative than homogenous ones.

As such, diversity is a key pillar of our employment practices, and every applicant and employee drawn to serve the mission of GH Labs will be welcomed and will enjoy equality of opportunity and fair treatment without regard to race, gender identity, color, gender expression, age, national origin, religion, genetic information, pregnancy status, veteran status, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, prior protected activity, disability, and any other basis protected by law.

Export Controls:

This role may include access to technology and/or software source code that is subject to U.S. export control requirements under the ITAR or the EAR.